Wildlife Spottings | Project Noah

Slender Dayflower

by Wandering NaturalistEl Paso City Limits, Texas, USA

Another Commelina :)

Spotting

by KathySeguraEl Paso City Limits, Texas, USA

Chihuahuan Desert

Damianita

by cmathewsLas Cruces, New Mexico, USA

Chihuahuan Desert

Yucca

by TecH₂O CenterEl Paso City, Texas, USA

Chihuahuan Desert

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Black Tailed Rattlesnake

by FrankPortilloLas Cruces, New Mexico, USA

Male snake found in Chihuahuan Desert scrub ...

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Pyrrhuloxia

by Wandering Naturalist

This beautiful desert cardinal was foraging among thick shrubs in a desert ...

Rainbow Grasshopper

by Wandering NaturalistEl Paso, Texas, USA

Another Rainbow Grasshopper, seems they're enjoy our recent rains.

Desert Millipede

by Wandering NaturalistEl Paso City Limits, Texas, USA

Love millipedes! Several millipedes were wandering about the desert after a ...

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Desert Blonde Tarantula

by Wandering NaturalistEl Paso, Texas, USA

Male desert blonde tarantula

Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail

by jesloweryArizona, USA

A fast-moving lizard in a desert habitat close to a man-made garden.

Mezquite

by DainizHernándezCoahuila, Mexico

It is buried under gypsum dunes.

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Coach whip

by soconnorTucson, Arizona, USA

At basecamp

Velvet Mesquite

by LivanEscuderoArizona, USA

Native to the Sonoran, Mojave, and

Prickly Pear

by cmathewsLas Cruces, New Mexico, USA

Chihuahuan Desert

Texas Mountain Laurel

by cmathewsLas Cruces, New Mexico, USA

Chihuahuan Desert

Raven

by JackGrahamArizona, USA

possibly Chihuahuan raven (C. cryptoleucus)

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

by TecH₂O CenterEl Paso City, Texas, USA

Chihuahuan Desert

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Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

by TecH₂O CenterTexas, USA

Chihuahuan Desert

Sotol

by DainizHernándezCoahuila, Mexico

Growing in gypsum soil, and calcium carbonate as well.

Rasposa

by DainizHernándezCoahuila, Mexico

Endemic of gypsum dunes at Cuatro Ciénegas basin.

Gypsum herb

by DainizHernándezCoahuila, Mexico

Endemic of Cuatro Ciénegas basin. Grows on gypsum soil.

Cholla

by cmathewsLas Cruces, New Mexico, USA

Cholla in full bloom

Spotting

by wildwoman.137New Mexico, USA

Found at White Sands National Monument, New Mexico USA (in the Tularosa Basin, ...

White-lined Sphinx

by KathySeguraEl Paso City Limits, Texas, USA

Found during the day.

Turkey Vulture

by RSRNew Mexico, USA

Turkey Vulture perched atop a fence post.

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Greater Earless Lizard

by Wandering NaturalistTexas, USA

Greater Earless Lizard

Desert Blonde Tarantula

by Wandering NaturalistEl Paso, Texas, USA

A female Desert Blonde Tarantula.

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Curve-billed Thrasher

by Wandering Naturalist

A curious Curve-billed Thrasher sitting in an Acacia plant.

Lizzard

by TecH₂O CenterEl Paso City, Texas, USA

Lizzard found on a rock outside of the center.

White Wing Dove & Red Tip Yucca

by TecH₂O CenterEl Paso City, Texas, USA

Chihuahuan Desert

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Bobcat

by TecH₂O CenterTexas, USA

Bobcat relating in a tree.

Beardtongue

by DainizHernándezEl Hundido, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico

Endemic of Cuatro Ciénegas basin.

Chihuahuan Raven

by AshleyTAmarillo, Texas, USA

An all black bird with a large bill.

Striped Tortoise Beetle

by Wandering NaturalistEl Paso City Limits, Texas, USA

A leaf beetle.

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Pyrrhuloxia

by Wandering NaturalistEl Paso City Limits, Texas, USA

This curious Pyrrhuloxia landed on a Sotol stalk right in front of me as I was ...

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Cactus Wren

by Wandering NaturalistNew Mexico, USA

A very curious Cactus Wren. Spotted on Alamo Mountain in Otero.

Leafhopper

by Wandering Naturalist

Found this treehopper in a shrub in the

Ocotillo

by AndyL.FisherTucson, Arizona, USA

Thorny plant, has leaves after a rain, drops leaves quickly as soil dries out.

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Patch Nose Snake

by FrankPortilloLas Cruces, New Mexico, USA

Salvadora deserticola found in the Organ Mountains, NM

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Black Spiny Softshell Turtle, Cuatro Cienegas black turtle

by DainizHernándezCoahuila, Mexico

Endemic turtle of Cuatro Ciénegas basin, lives in water pools that have high ...

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Burrowing Owl

by Mau SanchezSan Luis Potosí, Mexico

Little Owls that lives in Prairie dogs and Coyote abandoned holes in the

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common striped scorpion (pantheriensis morph)

by KariMcWestPresidio, Texas, USA

This is the "pantheriensis" morph of C. vittatus. Male, note the elongate tail ...

Prickly Pear Cactus

by mmg565Texas, USA

A purple prickly pear?

Desert 4 O'clock

by cmathewsLas Cruces, New Mexico, USA

Morning Glory-like plant with purpke flowers

Chihuahuan Raven

by AshleyTCanyon, Texas, USA

All black bird with a triangular tail.

Western Box Turtle

by RSRTexas, USA

Found crossing a dirt road after some rain.